Hans Werner Henze

Hans Werner Henze (1 July 1926 – 27 October 2012) was a German composer. His large oeuvre of works is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Stravinsky, Italian music, Arabic music and jazz, as well as traditional schools of German composition. In particular, his stage works reflect "his consistent cultivation of music for the theatre throughout his life".

Henze was also known for his political convictions. He left Germany for Italy in 1953 because of a perceived intolerance towards his leftist politics and homosexuality. Late in life he lived in the village of Marino in the central Italian region of Lazio, and in his final years still travelled extensively, in particular to Britain and Germany, as part of his work. An avowed Marxist and member of the Communist Party of Italy, Henze produced compositions honoring Ho Chi Minh and Che Guevara. At the 1968 Hamburg premiere of his requiem for Che Guevara, titled Das Floß der Medusa (The Raft of Medusa), the placing of a red flag on the stage sparked a riot and the arrest of several people, including the librettist. Henze spent a year teaching in Cuba, though he later became disillusioned with Castro.

Henze (surname)

Henze is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Albert Henze (1894–1979), German Wehrmacht general
  • Frank Henze (born 1977), German slalom canoeist
  • Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012), German composer
  • Jürgen Henze (born 1950), East German slalom canoeist
  • Karl Henze (1916–1985), German Luftwaffe pilot
  • Leon Henze (born 1992), German footballer
  • Stefan Henze (born 1981), German slalom canoeist
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    Hans Werner Henze

    Musica da Camera (Ensemble Dissonanzen feat. conductor: Claudio Lugo)

    Released 2008

    Der junge Lord (Chor & Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Schöneberger Sängerknaben feat. conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi)

    Released 1996

    Elegie für junge Liebende (Orchester der Berliner Kammeroper feat. conductor: Brynmor Llewelyn Jones)

    Released 1995

    Born: 1926-07-01

    Died: 2012-10-27

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Love Of A Lifetime

    by: Honeyz

    Something about yesterday night
    It keeps replaying over, over, over mmmm
    You are the sweetest wine
    and I'm just a cup running over and over again
    Because you've got that something something thats just like me
    I can't put my finger on it, this chemistry
    We agreed
    Chorus
    We've got the love of a lifetime
    The moon and the stars are all in line
    We got the thing at its alrite
    Its more than love, its more than love
    You don't have to worry about me
    I've got something thats precious, precious
    won't lose it, no, no
    Your loves a mystery
    page after page just gets better as we go along
    Because we've got that something something thats sweeter than words
    at least my eyes haven't seen, no my ears haven't heard
    what I've needed, all of my life
    has finally come to me and its all mine
    Chorus
    We've got the love of a lifetime (we've got the love)
    The moon, the stars are all in line (all in line)
    We got the thing and its alrite (alrite)
    its more than love, its more than love, its more than love
    We've got the love of a lifetime (we got it)
    The moon, the stars are all in line (all in line)
    We got the thing and its alrite (alrite)
    its more than love, its more than love, its more than love




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